You only use migration assistant on ONE of the machines, not both. I think it's on the new machine, but you could google how to use migration assistant which would give you the step by step guide.
Sent from my iPad On 22/05/2013, at 2:20 PM, Brett Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: > Computers seem to be designed to be as obstinate as....No, I won't say it, lol > > So I toodled down to the local Mac shop and bought a firewire cable. 1st > time I've ever use one. The guy who sold me my new iMac, said, btw, thats > obsolete on your new machine!!! then sold me an adapter. > > Connected the 2 machines and started migration assistant on both. The new > one saw the old one immediately but the old one went into a looking mode. > New one said to verify a passcode on the old one which was still in waiting > mode. 10 sec later new machine said the old fellar wasn't responding and I > had only one option to cancel the transfer. > As soon as I did this, the old one brought up the code. Too late! Tried > several times and they do the same thing every time. The old one will not > display code until new one has the transfer cancelled!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > What on earth am I doing wrong? > > Regards, > > Brett Curtis > Master Window Cleaners > 0419 049 084 > http://masterwindowcleaners.com.au/ > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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